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How to Toast Pumpkin Seeds + Video
Nov09

How to Toast Pumpkin Seeds + Video

I am very please to show you How to Toast Pumpkin Seeds, and I think you will find them to be a great snack. Pumpkin seeds, or pepitas, are full of healthy goodness for the kids and adults in your family. When I was last at Harvest Barn Country Market in Niagara-on-the-Lake, I was fortunate enough to find some beautiful sugar pumpkins. These beautiful, little pumpkins are perfect for pumpkin puree, and the seeds, are nice, big and...

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How to Boil Lobsters in Court Bouillon + Video
Feb27

How to Boil Lobsters in Court Bouillon + Video

When you Boil Lobsters in Court Bouillon, you’re setting your meal up for deliciousness! Why boil or poach your lobsters in water, when you can use a quick court bouillon to adorn them with flavor? A court bouillon is a French-style short broth or quick broth to infuse flavor, and poach delicate meats like fish, seafood, eggs and the like. Make your lobster more memorable for any occasion – whether it’s New Year’s, Valentine’s...

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How to Cook Court Bouillon for Seafood + Video
Feb27

How to Cook Court Bouillon for Seafood + Video

Enhance the flavor of your lobster by cooking it in a Court Bouillon for Seafood! A court bouillon is a French-style short broth or quick broth to infuse flavor, and poach delicate meats like fish, seafood, eggs and the like. If you’re looking to get more flavor out of your fruits de mer, try this savory concoction. Make your seafood will be memorable for any occasion – whether it’s New Year’s,...

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How to Make Napa Jack’s Holiday Poultry Brine + Video
Dec01

How to Make Napa Jack’s Holiday Poultry Brine + Video

 Napa Jack’s Holiday Poultry Brine is a great idea for most any poultry, at any time of the year! Brining will do wonders to kick up the flavors, especially of your Holiday turkey, using this poultry brine recipe and directions. Until you try this method of preparing poultry for roasting, you won’t fully appreciate the fantastic results as your birds are more moist, more tender and have much more flavor, as the delicious...

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How to Cook Napa Valley Blackberry Ginger Balsamic Ham + Video
Nov16

How to Cook Napa Valley Blackberry Ginger Balsamic Ham + Video

When you use this recipe for How to Cook Napa Valley Blackberry Ginger Balsamic Ham, you will be accepting compliments from guests and family. When we have had about all the turkey we can eat during the Holidays, nothing hits the spot better than a delicious ham. This fabulous 9 1/2 pound hickory smoked ham shank portion is gorgeous and I can hardly wait to taste it. Tender & juicy with a delectable flavor of blackberry &...

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How to Roast Napa Jack’s Holiday Turkey + Video
Nov10

How to Roast Napa Jack’s Holiday Turkey + Video

Holidays are the time for turkeys, but for me, I love roasted turkey and could enjoy it any time of the year, especially when this recipe for How to Roast Napa Jack’s Holiday Turkey is used. There’s nothing like a golden brown, roasted turkey with crispy, tasty skin, and moist, juicy turkey meat. The savory aroma carries throughout the house, making taste buds dance & mouths water. Whether it’s Thanksgiving,...

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How to Grill Napa Jack’s Bourbon BBQ Pork Side Ribs + Video
Aug11

How to Grill Napa Jack’s Bourbon BBQ Pork Side Ribs + Video

This recipe for How to Grill Napa Jack’s Bourbon BBQ Pork Side Ribs may just be the tastiest dish of Summer so far! These ribs are not only succulent, but the flavor of bourbon really comes through on these fabulously grilled slab of pork ribs. Such a delicious recipe. I hope you use often and enjoy it as much as we do. Napa Jack’s Bourbon BBQ Pork Side Ribs: For this recipe, we are using Napa Jack’s Bourbon BBQ...

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Web Chef Review: Napa Jack’s Steak Rub
Aug11

Web Chef Review: Napa Jack’s Steak Rub

We all enjoy a great steak, and here is a way to make a great steak fabulous, with Napa Jack’s Steak Rub from Wine Country Kitchens. You can see the dill seeds, coriander seeds, cracked peppercorns, red chili flakes, garlic, onion and sea salt along with other fine ingredients, and what a kick this gives the flavors of your steaks. The combination of these great spices pair so well with beef, and you may even want to use it on...

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How to Make Quick Watermelon Rind Pickles
Apr26

How to Make Quick Watermelon Rind Pickles

So, as I keep eating watermelon, I keep on thinking about stories my mom has of my grandparents making watermelon rind pickles. Although I’ve never made them myself, nor eaten them, I want to try them. I asked my mother how she liked them when her parents made them and she said she never really liked them because they were too vinegar-y and that’s why she has never made them at home. Doing a little pondering, this is the...

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How to Make Kimberly’s Ultimate Holiday Turkey Brine
Oct10

How to Make Kimberly’s Ultimate Holiday Turkey Brine

Last year, I finally tried brining our turkey for the first time. We were all so very impressed that we said we’d never do it any other way again! Not only does brining impart fabulous flavor into your bird, but it makes it so much juicier as well. What we also noticed was that the turkey browned so much more evenly and more easily. I’m brining our turkey tonight and cannot wait to feast tomorrow! Try the...

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Cool Indian Kitchen Finds

I love bringing home different cultural elements into my globally diverse kitchen! As you know, I love cooking foods from many, many cuisines from around the world… …That’s what makes cooking exciting to me. Now, when I’m preparing something Asian, I like to present it with a great pair of chopsticks and cook it in a wok! That’s what gets you that authentic flavor and feeling to the food. It’s like...

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How to Cook Tired of Leftover Holiday Turkey Low-Fat Tortilla Soup

Be Prepared for Leftover Turkey ahead of time!!! Need to eat a “little bit healthy” during and between the holidays? This is one delicious, Tex-Mex soup that will have you feeling warm all over! This recipe may use a bunch of ingredients and takes two hours, but it is sooooo worth it…believe me! My husband is a track & field decathlete, and always needs low-cal, low-fat alternatives for meals. Now, he is a...

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How to Cook Kimberly’s Curried Beef Stew

I love curries…Indian, Thai, Chinese, African…You name it, I love it! Needed my curry fix today, so I thought I’d try to create a beef curry myself for the 1st time! Delicious!!! Yum! ~ Kimberly Edwards 🙂 Type: Main Serve With: Over Steamed Rice Prep Time: 15 min Cook Time: 1 hr 20 min Yield: Serves 4 Ingredients: 2 lbs Simmer Steak (also called Stewing Beef) – In 1″ pieces 3/4 tsp Sea Salt 1 1/2 tsp...

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